The Road

I'm there to greet you when your life begins

You'll start your journey on your knees and hands

I'll offer many choices and places you can go

But you must choose 'cause I'm just the road

I'm paved with memories, glory and regrets

I'm lined with broken dreams and cigarettes

You can take all you can hold

But if you stumble beneath your load

Don't blame me, I'm just the road

I'm a million miles before you, I'm a million miles behind

I'll take you straight and narrow, I'll ramble, and I'll whine

So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold

I'm not the reason, I'm just the road

Road to riches, the path of righteousness

Through busy cities or through a mountain mess

I'll take you on the highway or sneak you through the low

But it's your call, I'm just the road

I'm a million miles before you, I'm a million miles behind

I'll take you straight and narrow, I'll ramble, and I'll whine

So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold

I'm not the reason, I'm just the road

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Your last breath is not the death of me

I'll take you on to where your ticket reads

To that place where I hope shining angels greet your soul

But if they don't, I'm just the road

'Cause I'm a million miles before you, I'm a million miles behind

I'll take you straight and narrow, I'll ramble, and I'll whine

So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold

I'm not the reason, I'm just the road

I'm a million miles before you, I'm a million miles behind

I'll take you straight and narrow, I'll ramble, and I'll whine

So curse my broken brimstone or kiss my bricks of gold

I'm not the reason, I'm just the road

So don't you thank me, don't you blame me

When you're at that judgment throne

'Cause I'm not the reason, I'm just the road